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. >> we thank you for your insight and wish we had more time to talk about pakistan, afghanistan and relationship going on over there. thank you for joining us and shedding insight on this story. jamie. >> jamie: voting is going on right now in the iowa straw poll. $30 all it takes to get your vote cast. the candidates are still stumping though, tim pawlenty is going to be taking the mic and we'll bring that to you live. also, a navy destroyer, sanction to the bottom of the ocean, not tragic though. part of the plan. we are going to have a live report on a new tact for the u.s.s. bradford. >> the u.s.s. bradford, might be retired, but the work isn't over yet. deliberately sinking 28 miles off the coast of delaware and has a new and final mission. julie banderas. >> eight years to plan the sinking of the destroyer as the environmental reef program. in three hours, gone. 130 feet below the waters of the coast of new jersey, delaware and maryland after they allowed water to begin the flooding process and radford quickly and quietly beneath the surface in less than one minute, a few wate
. >> we thank you for your insight and wish we had more time to talk about pakistan, afghanistan and relationship going on over there. thank you for joining us and shedding insight on this story. jamie. >> jamie: voting is going on right now in the iowa straw poll. $30 all it takes to get your vote cast. the candidates are still stumping though, tim pawlenty is going to be taking the mic and we'll bring that to you live. also, a navy destroyer, sanction to the bottom of the ocean,...
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when we come back, afghanistan exit? p >>> issue two, afghanistan exodus? >> these additional american and international troops will allow us to accelerate handing over responsibility to afghan forces and allow us to begin the transfer of our forces out of afghanistan in july of 2011. >> this was the president's statement at west point in december, 2009, a year and a half ago. and the transfer of power in afghanistan has begun. defense secretary robert gates, a veteran of 28 missions to afghanistan, elaborated on the commander in chief's decision. >> we're making substantial military progress on the ground. i also reiterated my belief that these gains could be threatened if we do not proceed with the transition to afghan security lead in a deliberate, organized, and coordinated manner. >> the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee echoed the digs to withdraw troops. at his full committee hearing this week. >> our current commitment in troops and in dollars is neither proportional to our interests nor sustainable. >> john kerry is a democrat, and
when we come back, afghanistan exit? p >>> issue two, afghanistan exodus? >> these additional american and international troops will allow us to accelerate handing over responsibility to afghan forces and allow us to begin the transfer of our forces out of afghanistan in july of 2011. >> this was the president's statement at west point in december, 2009, a year and a half ago. and the transfer of power in afghanistan has begun. defense secretary robert gates, a veteran of...
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he was an army specialist deployed to afghanistan who was killed on thursday. he leaves behind two children and a wife. >> unfortunately, this happened on his daughter's birthday. it was a double tragedy. my wife and i have spoken to her. we know that she went on with the child's birthday. >> freeman was just 26. he was a graduate of high school in west baltimore. he worked as a security officer at the university of maryland in baltimore. that is where they met. >> it is one of the most devastating things i have had to deal with. i lost my father and now i am losing someone who is almost like a son to me. >> family and friends are doing their best to cope with the sudden loss. they are proud of the man who wanted to serve his country. >> he died with honor serving his country. i think it would be the way for him to go if he had to go. >> he says freeman's body was expected to arrive at dover air force base today. they will hold a tribute for him in october at the martial art studio. >> family, friends, and teammates gathered today to say the final debates -- de
he was an army specialist deployed to afghanistan who was killed on thursday. he leaves behind two children and a wife. >> unfortunately, this happened on his daughter's birthday. it was a double tragedy. my wife and i have spoken to her. we know that she went on with the child's birthday. >> freeman was just 26. he was a graduate of high school in west baltimore. he worked as a security officer at the university of maryland in baltimore. that is where they met. >> it is one...
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>> afghanistan was vital intere states, john. but we've been there 10 years, we've put in a hundred thousand troops, got 16, 1600 dead, cost almost half a billion dollars. if the united states now pulls out and this thing collapses, and it's seated to the taliban, the americans will be perceived as a superpower that lost a war to which and committed itself and will cease to >>> the u.s. war in afghanistan, now nine years and 300 days old, is the longest war in american history. it's longer than the american civil war, world wa in afghanistan, $444 billion. eleanor. >> well, we're not pulling out precipitously. what they're talking about is beginning a withdrawal, and there are a hundred thousand u.s. troops there to surge -- the president ordered is 30,000 troops, and you have the hawks on capitol hill led by john mccain saying we can always pull out 3,000. you have democrats wanting to pull out the whole 30,000 surge, which would still leave 70,000 troops in afghanistan, and knowing president obama, who likes to split the differ
>> afghanistan was vital intere states, john. but we've been there 10 years, we've put in a hundred thousand troops, got 16, 1600 dead, cost almost half a billion dollars. if the united states now pulls out and this thing collapses, and it's seated to the taliban, the americans will be perceived as a superpower that lost a war to which and committed itself and will cease to >>> the u.s. war in afghanistan, now nine years and 300 days old, is the longest war in american history....
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before that you spent eight years in the marines, multiple towers of duty in iraq and afghanistan, purple star, bronze star, did you get an emmy? i'm in the saying that stuff is not good but did you get an emmy? tell me about americanselect.org. how do you pick a president over the internet? >> well, it's a simple vision in that the vision here son november 6, 2012 when people go to the polls for the first time ever there will be a third ticket that they've directly nominated. >> a. >> stephen: a third party? >> a ticket. >> stephen: what is the difference between a ticket and a party? >> we're not a party. we're a second way to pick a president, one that is bigger than the parties and puts people ahead of the parties. >> stephen: bigger than the parties? how so? how much cash do you have? >> at americanselect.org we'll hold the first ever nonpartisan online nominating convention. any registered voter can come to the convention stphaoefrpblgts why would you -- >> stephen: why would you want to be nonpartisan. people know what the democrats stand for -- tax and spend -- they know what repu
before that you spent eight years in the marines, multiple towers of duty in iraq and afghanistan, purple star, bronze star, did you get an emmy? i'm in the saying that stuff is not good but did you get an emmy? tell me about americanselect.org. how do you pick a president over the internet? >> well, it's a simple vision in that the vision here son november 6, 2012 when people go to the polls for the first time ever there will be a third ticket that they've directly nominated. >> a....
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joining me now, the author, jonathan raab, spokesman for iraq and afghanistan veterans for america. jonathan, thank you, the piece was really affecting. tell me, you're redeploying, and it was that redeployment or the specter of it that seemed to have cost you your part-time teaching job. >> right, i want to be clear, i was working as a long-term substitute in the city and taken on that long-term sub position as a way to interview as a full-time position for the next year. when i reenlisted, towards the end of my training i received a phone call telling me i had been replaced. while i was still welcome to come in and work, i no longer had my regular position and had been demoted, more or less. >> why do you think we are seeing an elevated unemployment rate for veterans of iraq and afghanistan? >> i think it's a complex problem, but a lot of us who served overseas in the combat zone have a hard time communicating what we can do and bring to an organization, whether it be a school or business, and i don't think employers are always necessarily receptive to the types of things we can b
joining me now, the author, jonathan raab, spokesman for iraq and afghanistan veterans for america. jonathan, thank you, the piece was really affecting. tell me, you're redeploying, and it was that redeployment or the specter of it that seemed to have cost you your part-time teaching job. >> right, i want to be clear, i was working as a long-term substitute in the city and taken on that long-term sub position as a way to interview as a full-time position for the next year. when i...
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. >>> also, tragic news coming from afghanistan. 30 u.s. forces killed, including 22 navy s.e.a.l.s when their helicopter goes down in a fire fight. it's the single deadliest incident in more than a decade of war. we want to welcome our viewers from around the united states and arounded it world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> it's an unprecedented move that could have an affect on personal finances. the long-term effect of standard & poor's decision to downgrade aaa to aa plus is not known but there are growing concerns about the potential for serious consequences in washington. indeed, across the nation. christi christine romans has been analyzing the impact. first of all, why did s&p do this? >> because america faces an unknown financial future and there is acrimony in washington and the inability it appears for these problems to be solved in a meaningful way. s&p to go out of its way to point out a hurdle or a roadblock against real reform. s&p would like to see more than $2.5 trillion in cuts. it would like to ha
. >>> also, tragic news coming from afghanistan. 30 u.s. forces killed, including 22 navy s.e.a.l.s when their helicopter goes down in a fire fight. it's the single deadliest incident in more than a decade of war. we want to welcome our viewers from around the united states and arounded it world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> it's an unprecedented move that could have an affect on personal finances. the long-term effect of standard &...
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. >> we now know how the baltimore soldier died while the played in afghanistan. the department's defense concern -- confirmed jameel freeman was one of five soldiers killed in an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle in the kandahar province. he leaves behind a wife and two children. heavy rain made for tense moments throughout the day as fire crews were inundated with rescue calls. a motorist was trapped in his car around 11:30 this morning. he tried to drive through high water. the man had climbed onto the roof of his car and was sitting in as much as 5 feet of standing water. >> i was driving through and the car just stopped. it was time to get out. i tried to put it into reverse and start the engine. i did all kinds of things. the car would not go anywhere. >> firefighters rescued the motorist with a personal flotation device. no one was hurt during the rescue. meteorologist john collins joins us now. there was quite a bit of rain. >> some folks only got half an inch. it seems as though an area south of 95 to the northeast of the city has b
. >> we now know how the baltimore soldier died while the played in afghanistan. the department's defense concern -- confirmed jameel freeman was one of five soldiers killed in an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle in the kandahar province. he leaves behind a wife and two children. heavy rain made for tense moments throughout the day as fire crews were inundated with rescue calls. a motorist was trapped in his car around 11:30 this morning. he tried to drive through...
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the drug cartels, and i believe that in 2012 the key foreign policy issue isn't goi g tobe iraq or afghanistan or iran, it's going to be mexico and the way that violence there is spilling here. chris: in the presidential campaign. >> yes. chris: when we come back, the big question of the eekrfo us, the president is distancing himself from the left these days. how will the left react? chris: welcome back. in his speech this week in tucson and in his deals with republicans in december, president obama disengaged, some say, trining lated from the left, which brings us to our big question this week -- how is the left wing of the democratic party going to react to the president distancing himself from them? andrew? >> with any luck they'll understand that he has pursued a consistent strategy to try and be president of both americas. and this is no different. what this week did was,i think, prove the wisdom of that strategy. if he had been a partisan lefty for the last two years, bashing them, as paul krugman wanted him to do, he wouldn't have had the standing to do what he did that week. >> the arg
the drug cartels, and i believe that in 2012 the key foreign policy issue isn't goi g tobe iraq or afghanistan or iran, it's going to be mexico and the way that violence there is spilling here. chris: in the presidential campaign. >> yes. chris: when we come back, the big question of the eekrfo us, the president is distancing himself from the left these days. how will the left react? chris: welcome back. in his speech this week in tucson and in his deals with republicans in december,...
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five troops were killed in southern afghanistan today . the napes of the 30 who died in the helicopter crash were released. good evening, jennifer. >>reporter: after an initial delay the pentagon released all of the names and units and home towns and ages of the 30 service member that is died in the chinook helicopter crash. new video showed twisted pieces of the helicopter strawn on the river where helicopter was attempting to land. fighters were hiding in the forest. they had pulled out a outpost. 22 were naval special fare including navy seals many from seal team six . highly trained ordinance specialist. free fall parachutist and a cryptologist and a dogler and three members of the special tactic squad rum and members of the pararescue team . the chinook was flown by members of 135th regiment and members of the guard and reserve with years of experience under heavy fire. to date more than 1600 american troops were killed in afghanistan and today another five u.s. service members were killed by a road side bomb in afghanistan . one serv
five troops were killed in southern afghanistan today . the napes of the 30 who died in the helicopter crash were released. good evening, jennifer. >>reporter: after an initial delay the pentagon released all of the names and units and home towns and ages of the 30 service member that is died in the chinook helicopter crash. new video showed twisted pieces of the helicopter strawn on the river where helicopter was attempting to land. fighters were hiding in the forest. they had pulled out...
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as far as afghanistan is concerned. you heard a good debate from colnet hunt and mark, i fall on the side of petraeus. i think the guy is a tactical genius and if he told me keep them in another year and we'll have a good story to tell. i would keep them in another year. would i be wrong? >> i am on the side of david petraeus. he's an outstanding leader and done a great job in iraq and afghanistan. the president looks at a broader and deeper picture. the reason we went there in the first place was not to defeat the taliban or build a nation in afghanistan. it was to go after al-qaida and we dealt them a bloww. now al-qaida in yemen and other places. i think we have to be very much aware of our power and deploy it to meet the threat in the most appropriate way. i think we have to leave afghanistan in a responsible way. it seemed like the president fulfilled his obligations as commander-in-chief. >> here's the hole in the agreement. president bush said clearly to them. you have to take action against al-qaida. you have to
as far as afghanistan is concerned. you heard a good debate from colnet hunt and mark, i fall on the side of petraeus. i think the guy is a tactical genius and if he told me keep them in another year and we'll have a good story to tell. i would keep them in another year. would i be wrong? >> i am on the side of david petraeus. he's an outstanding leader and done a great job in iraq and afghanistan. the president looks at a broader and deeper picture. the reason we went there in the first...
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when nick was in afghanistan, he served as a combat medic with the 82nd airborne. he helped fro people escape from a flooding river. he earned a bronze star for his actions. when nick got back home to wyoming, he couldn't get a job as a first responder. so he ended up having to take classes through the post-9/11 gi bill, classes he could have easily taught just so he could qualify for the same duties at home that he was doing every single day in afghanistan. they're veterans like maria canalas. she was a financial specialist in the army, helping to provide financial support for her unit in iraq. when she got home, she finished earning her degree in business management. but even with her experience in the army, maria still couldn't find a steady working job in accounting or finance. that isn't right. it doesn't make any sense. not for our veterans, not for the strength of our country. if you can save a life in afghanistan, you can save a life in an ambulance in wyoming. if you can oversee millions of dollars in assets in iraq, you can help a business balance its boo
when nick was in afghanistan, he served as a combat medic with the 82nd airborne. he helped fro people escape from a flooding river. he earned a bronze star for his actions. when nick got back home to wyoming, he couldn't get a job as a first responder. so he ended up having to take classes through the post-9/11 gi bill, classes he could have easily taught just so he could qualify for the same duties at home that he was doing every single day in afghanistan. they're veterans like maria canalas....
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i feel the french may feel they got left of iraq and afghanistan. obama sorting leading from behind. sometimes works like he is just teaming up with other guys who want to do their own muslim- world peacekeeping types. >> they don't missouri in the middle east without us leading down there. and our wig -- trying not to be as deeply involved. but we've already got two wars to worry about. >> give me a grade on obama's performance in europe this week. a through f. >> i think he gets an a+ in ireland. he did an excellent job -- >> overall grade. >> a. >> easy a. >> easy a. >> b. >> a b? why? >> i'm a tough grader. i don see much of substance, this they all talk free trade in europe, and they'rer now they're mild in bailouts. something bold needed to happen. he didn't. >> what came out of conference? >> that's what i'm saying. >> what are you looking for. >> maybe we can all start believing in the free trade re used to talk basketball, stop bailing out banks, stop bailing out countries and maybe stop intervening in places like libya. >> and start celebr
i feel the french may feel they got left of iraq and afghanistan. obama sorting leading from behind. sometimes works like he is just teaming up with other guys who want to do their own muslim- world peacekeeping types. >> they don't missouri in the middle east without us leading down there. and our wig -- trying not to be as deeply involved. but we've already got two wars to worry about. >> give me a grade on obama's performance in europe this week. a through f. >> i think he...
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. >> is ite ime toto get out of afghanistan? >> we are told we should continue to borrowillions of dollars for nation n builng and afghanistan. that's nuts. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> the story broke late sunday night, at around 10:24 p.m., blackberrys and iphones started buzzing all over washington. president obama was about to make a statement. this is washington, is almost impossible to keep a secret, so stoneybrook that the president was about to announce that o oma -- soon it broke that the president was about to announce that osama bin laden was killed. finally, a somber president obama appeared on television. >> today, at my direction, the united states launched a targeted operation against that compound in abbottatabad pakistan. a small team of americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and abily. no america were harmed, they took care to avoid civilian casualties. after a firight they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. >> began rightfter 9/1
. >> is ite ime toto get out of afghanistan? >> we are told we should continue to borrowillions of dollars for nation n builng and afghanistan. that's nuts. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> the story broke late sunday night, at around 10:24 p.m., blackberrys and iphones started buzzing all over washington. president obama was about to make a statement. this is washington, is almost impossible to keep a secret, so stoneybrook that the...
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what we're seeing because of iraq and afghanistan those views are shifting. that invisible wounds, mental wounds, psychological wounds, are just as debilitating and in some cases more debilitating than losing a arm or leg. gwen: what is it about these wars that's different from other wars in changing people's opinions about that? >> part of it is the sheer number of tours. you have people going three, four, five, six times to these war zones. and part of the nature of the war itself. in world war ii, you had big battles where the guys to your left and right of you were shooting at enemies. and it was more of a conventional fight. in iraq and afghanistan, you could be walking as has been the case where i've been there, and a person who's a friend of yours suddenly disappears in an i.e.d. you never see the enemy who took his life. a very different kind of challenge. you are constantly afraid of something bad happening. and you never know who the person is who's doing that bad thing to you or the person you care about. >> yochi, does the policy change affect ben
what we're seeing because of iraq and afghanistan those views are shifting. that invisible wounds, mental wounds, psychological wounds, are just as debilitating and in some cases more debilitating than losing a arm or leg. gwen: what is it about these wars that's different from other wars in changing people's opinions about that? >> part of it is the sheer number of tours. you have people going three, four, five, six times to these war zones. and part of the nature of the war itself. in...
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a big decision on afghanistan. back in a moment. despite more than two million troop in uniform not counting the u.s. military nato has struggled at times desperately to sustain a deployment of 25 to 45,000. >> chris: secretary gates calling out the nato alliance for fist failure to support the mission in afghanistan. we are back in the panel. bob gates is not going gently in the night. he questioned the future of the nato alliance saying our partners are unwilling to be serious allies in their own defense. in the deck - decade since 9/11 the u.s. has doubled its spending. and the rest of europe and nato cut boy 15 percent. you think the speech will do. >> it was one of the most eye catching speech on the force of nato and it used to be the joke because nato was a solid and strong alliance . given the level of contribution in which our european partners are capable it is not strong and gates was right to point it out . it is the kind of blunt talk you don't norpally hear. whether the eu
a big decision on afghanistan. back in a moment. despite more than two million troop in uniform not counting the u.s. military nato has struggled at times desperately to sustain a deployment of 25 to 45,000. >> chris: secretary gates calling out the nato alliance for fist failure to support the mission in afghanistan. we are back in the panel. bob gates is not going gently in the night. he questioned the future of the nato alliance saying our partners are...
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what we're seeing because of iraq and afghanistan those views are shifting. that invisible wounds, mental wounds, psychological wounds, are just as debilitating and in some cases more debilitating than losing a arm or leg. gwen: what is it about these wars that's different from other wars in changing people's opinions about that? >> part of it is the sheer number of tours. you have people going three, four, five, six times to these war zones. and part of the nature of the war itself. in world war ii, you had big battles where the guys to your left and right of you were shooting at enemies. and it was more of a conventional fight. in iraq and afghanistan, you could be walking as has been the case where i've been there, and a person who's a friend of yours suddenly disappears in an i.e.d. you never see the enemy who took his life. a very different kind of challenge. you are constantly afraid of something bad happening. and you never know who the person is who's doing that bad thing to you or the person you care about. >> yochi, does the policy change affect ben
what we're seeing because of iraq and afghanistan those views are shifting. that invisible wounds, mental wounds, psychological wounds, are just as debilitating and in some cases more debilitating than losing a arm or leg. gwen: what is it about these wars that's different from other wars in changing people's opinions about that? >> part of it is the sheer number of tours. you have people going three, four, five, six times to these war zones. and part of the nature of the war itself. in...
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forces in afghanistan ten days ago at the u.s. embassy in kabul. the culmination of a week on the campaign trail where governor perry really tried to distinguish himself as knowing what he was talking about on foreign policy. last night, on foreign policy, rick perry just absolutely fundamentally in co-harntly blew it on the question he was asked. >> if you got a call at 3:00 a.m., saying -- what would be your first move. >> well, obviously before you get to that point, you have to build a relationship in that region. that's one of the things this administration has not done. just yesterday we find out through admiral mullen that haqqani has been involved with -- that's the terrorist group directly associated with the pakistani country. so to have a relationship with india, to make sure that india knows that they are an ally of the united states, for instance, when we had the opportunity to sell india the upgraded f-16s we chose not to do that. >> no -- also -- and -- directly associated with the pakistani country? to be fair, governor perry's camp
forces in afghanistan ten days ago at the u.s. embassy in kabul. the culmination of a week on the campaign trail where governor perry really tried to distinguish himself as knowing what he was talking about on foreign policy. last night, on foreign policy, rick perry just absolutely fundamentally in co-harntly blew it on the question he was asked. >> if you got a call at 3:00 a.m., saying -- what would be your first move. >> well, obviously before you get to that point, you have to...
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into afghanistan. we'll pause for a moment as we restart our coverage in the top of the hour for the president's address to the nation. c >> welcome back to washington. i am bret baer this is president obama coverage. the o'reilly factor will begin following the president's address. we'll get an update from senior white house affairs. >> good evening, bret. the president will announce arey i american soldiers leaving afghanistan this year and the remainder of the surge out by next summer. the officials say it is in the range ofs that general petraeus gave him some fasters and slower. on election night in 2012 there will be far more soldiers in afghanistan than when the president took office. the president will remind the country counting troop withdrawals in iraq there are far fewer soldier in combat and they will finalize the plan to get all troops out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. >> thank you very much. it will be interesting to see what the commanders say after this speech. we turn to the whit
into afghanistan. we'll pause for a moment as we restart our coverage in the top of the hour for the president's address to the nation. c >> welcome back to washington. i am bret baer this is president obama coverage. the o'reilly factor will begin following the president's address. we'll get an update from senior white house affairs. >> good evening, bret. the president will announce arey i american soldiers leaving afghanistan this year and the remainder of the surge out by next...
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british troops in afghanistan are already wearing it. the marine corps put in an urgent request for protective undergarments and the army is looking at several versions to protect american soldiers from cups to something shaped sort of like a diaper. >> they all basically work to slow down the fragments or looking to prevent penetration of the genitals of the lower abdomen and all of these work to that effect. >> reporter: you heard the boom. what you don't see is all the sand, grit and debris that is shot at the marine who stepped on it. since there are now more foot patrols in afghanistan, that debris is tearing in to the legs of american troops. >> and with that, something we don't talk about as much for several reasons is the dangers. >> reporter: u.s. military officials already feel confident about the silk shorts because those have been quood by the brits in com bats. of course companies have been testing their own versions, but the army will need to run its own before committing millions of dollars to mass protection. >> i scrambl
british troops in afghanistan are already wearing it. the marine corps put in an urgent request for protective undergarments and the army is looking at several versions to protect american soldiers from cups to something shaped sort of like a diaper. >> they all basically work to slow down the fragments or looking to prevent penetration of the genitals of the lower abdomen and all of these work to that effect. >> reporter: you heard the boom. what you don't see is all the sand, grit...
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what was the cost of 9/11 because we left afghanistan in 1989? how much money have we spent since 9/11 trying to deal with that problem? we are on the right road. we know we are going end our combat role there by the end of 2014, our role, the kind of role we have now. so this isn't an open-ended conflict. and i just ask people to consider the consequences of failure. and by the way, my recollection is that mr. romney also went on to say that the withdrawal should also be based on the recommendations of the commanders in the field. >> chris: he did, however, and you are hearing this from bachman and huntsman, there does seem to be something of a rush for the exits and does seem to be a war of weariness, it is not just the budget. >> of course, there is war of weariness. the country has been at war for ten years. this country has been engaged in two wars every day the four and a half years i have been secondary of defense. i fully appreciate that, believe me. there is nobody more war weary than our troops at this point. but the president's respons
what was the cost of 9/11 because we left afghanistan in 1989? how much money have we spent since 9/11 trying to deal with that problem? we are on the right road. we know we are going end our combat role there by the end of 2014, our role, the kind of role we have now. so this isn't an open-ended conflict. and i just ask people to consider the consequences of failure. and by the way, my recollection is that mr. romney also went on to say that the withdrawal should also be based on the...